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MILLERGATE
Written by Wilbur Wright.
Stock no. 1610197
Published by Wrightway Publishing Limited. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The real Glenn Miller story. More than 60 illustrations, appendices and maps. ISBN: 0951254707. The audio tape mentioned on wrapper is NOT present.

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THE PASSAGE MAKERS
Written by Michael K. Stammers.
Stock no. 2124214
Published by Teredo Books. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

120 plates with 22 in colour. The story of the Liverpool Black Ball Line. ISBN: 090366206X. SIGNED by author to half-title page. This is a Review Copy. Wrapper is edge-creased with repaired tear to bottom of spine; fading to spine.

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A JUBILEE IN THE HARDWOOD TRADE 1945-1995
Written by Dan Kemp.
Stock no. 1815420
Published by The Kemp House Press. 1st 2007. Nearly fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

To commemorate 50 years in the Timber trade, the company is Timbmet. Orange cloth boars, gilt titles. B/w photos. 304 pages including index. ISBN: 9780955584800.

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FROM SLAVERY TO CITIZENSHIP
Written by Richard Ennals.
Stock no. 1208880
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 1st 2007. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

'This book reminds us that slavery was not abolished in 1807 but continues in modern forms today'. Green boards, white title to spine. Contributions from Africa, America, Europe and Asia and from discourses in work organisation, occupational health, psychiatry and human rights. 417 pages includes index. ISBN: 9780470028322. SIGNED by author on title page.

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THE BEAGLE RECORD SELECTIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTORIAL RECORDS AND WRITTEN ACCOUNTS OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. BEAGLE
Written by R.D. Keynes.
Stock no. 2123683
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2011. Nearly fine condition.

Large format. Card wraps. B/w illustrations. Paperback reissue of the 1979 volume that gathered together an account of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world in 1831-36, taken from the letter of Darwin and Fitzroy, Darwin's diary, and the books about the voyage published by Darwin and Fitzroy in 1839. ISBN: 9780521338554.

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A HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Percy Macquoid. Illustrated by S. Slocombe.
Stock no. 1814367
Published by Lawrence And Bullen Ltd.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

The Age of Oak, The Age of Walnut, The Age of Mahogany, and The Age of Satinwood. Very large, heavy volumes. Red cloth boards, gilt titles with publisher vignette to front. Top edges gilt. 15 colour plates, after Shirley Slocombe, per volume with titled tissue-guard. Numerous b/w illustrations by the author. First published 1904; 1905; 1906; and 1908 respectively. Uneven fading to cloth and spines are very faded with a few marks. Slight fraying to board corners. Some scattered foxing present, some foxing to plates - some badly foxed to margins, others just a little, others clean. All plates and tissue-guards present. Some plates detached mostly in The Age of Oak, some of these are worn at edges and creased but not affecting the subject of the plate. All volumes are first editions 1904-1908. A few margin marks. A very nice set for someone with an interest in furniture making.

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THE WOODBLOCK ENGRAVERS
Written by Kenneth Lindley.
Stock no. 1812769
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1970. Almost very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Brown mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0715347934. Boards clean. Small foxspots to contents and a musty smell present. Dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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WORLD FREEMASONRY AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY
Written by John Hamill; R.A. Gilbert.
Stock no. 2122280
Published by Aquarian Thorsons. 1st 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0850307228. Light bumping and wear to top and tail of spine and a couple of corners. Wrapper is price-cut with some light edge-creasing; a little faded along a couple of edges.

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EYEWITNESSING THE USES OF IMAGES AS HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
Written by Peter Burke.
Stock no. 2120794
Published by Reaktion Books. 1st 2001. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Grey boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 1861890923. Name in ink to front pastedown. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased.

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DOGFIGHT THE GREATEST AIR DUELS OF WORLD WAR II
Written by Tony Holmes.
Stock no. 2117673
Published by Osprey Publishing. 1st thus 2013. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Grey boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. Revised edition. ISBN: 9781782008811. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few light marks to rear panel.

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WORLD'S CHILDREN
Written by Dorothy Menpes. Illustrated by Mortimer Menpes.
Stock no. 1314438
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1st 1903. Very good condition.

Deluxe edition limited to 500 copies. White decorated cloth with gilt titles. 100 colour plates. 246 pages, top edge gilt others untrimmed. SIGNED by the artist. This is copy no. 322. Spine and corners bumped. White cloth is slightly grubby. Foxing throughout (affects tissue-guards but not actual plates).

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FRANCIS FRITH'S WINDMILLS & WATERMILLS
Written by Anthony Bryan.
Stock no. 2116356
Published by Bounty Books. 2006. Fine condition.

Photographic Memories. Francis Frith Collection. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780753714041.

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